Titan Quest has become one of my all time favorite Role Playing Games. I kinda stumbled on it and found a hidden gem.



Displaying a mysterious Greek Mythological theme, Titan Quest has everything... exploration, leveling up, melee & projectile attacks, magic & special abilities. Not to mention the monsters and enemies are unique and very fun to kill.

Titan Quest runs very well in PlayOnLinux with high resolutions and crisp colorful graphics.

Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Titan Quest in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Titan Quest Anniversary Guide Here

Note: This guide applies to the Retail version of Titan Quest. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 14 32-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.1
Wine: 1.7.1


Installing Wine

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"

Look for the Wine Version: 1.7.1
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click Next



PlayOnLinux will automatically download it and save it in this directory:
/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86


Note: username is where you put your login name

Its a good idea to backup this directory to another computer because you won't have to keep downloading wine versions when you need them.

Extracting


Note: PlayOnLinux may also install the compatible version of Gecko also.

Installed



Setup PlayOnLinux

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install


Click "Install a non-listed program"


Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next


Name your virtual drive: titanquest
No spaces
Click Next


Select all three options:

• Use another version of Wine
• Configure Wine
• Install some libraries

Click Next


Select Wine 1.7.1
Click Next


Note: If you are running a 64-bit system, PlayOnLinux will prompt if you want to use a 64-bit or 32-bit virtual drive.
Always select 32-bit virtual drive.

Wine Configuration

Applications Tab
Windows version: Windows 7
Click Apply


Graphics Tab
Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
Check "Emulate a virtual desktop"
Desktop Size: 1024x768


Check these packages:

• POL_Install_corefonts
• POL_Install_d3dx9
• POL_Install_devenum
• POL_Install_tahoma
• POL_Install_registered fonts
• POL_Install_vcrun2005

Note: Each package will automaticaly download and install

Click Next


DVD version: CD-ROM: Titan Quest
Download or Steam: Select another file
Click Next


Titan Quest Installation
(NO screenshots because these steps are identical to Windows steps)

Click Install

Click Next

Enter Key from Insert
Click Next

Select "I accept the terms..."
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Select "No, I don't want to install Xfire at this time."
Click Next

Uncheck:
Yes, I want to view the ReadMe file
Add shortcut to desktop

Click Finish

Click Exit

PlayOnLinux shortcut

Select "Titan Quest.exe"
Click Next


Name the shortcut: Titan Quest
Click Next


Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next


Download 1.30 patch

Go To http://www.gamershell.com/download_18132.shtml
Click Download


Navigate to your desktop
Click Save


Double-click (or right-click and select archive manager) zip compressed folder


Extract to Desktop
Click Extract


Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure


Display Tab
Direct Draw Renderer: opengl
Video Memory Size: Amount of memory on your video card
Offscreen redering mode: fbo


Miscellaneous Tab
Click "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive"


Navigate to Desktop
Select: TQ_Patch_Standalone_101_to_130r2.exe"
Click Open


Click Yes


Update Successful
Click Ok


Wine Tab
Click "Windows reboot"


Remove Videos

The introduction videos are unskippable in PlayOnLinux and you have to watch them every single time you launch the game.

Navigate to: /home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/titanquest/drive_c/Program Files/THQ/Titan Quest/

Rename "Videos"
to "Videos-old"


Launching Titan Quest

Back to PlayOnLinux
Select Titan Quest
Click Run


Optimization
Click Options


Click Video
Choose a Screen Resolution
Higher Res = more detailed graphics but slower frame rates
Lower Res = less detailed graphics but higher frame rates

I was able to run all the settings on high and a resolution of 1680x1050
Click Ok


Texture Fix

To fix any missing textures:

1. Configure
2. Wine Tab
3. Registry
4. Navigate to
   
   Code:

   [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]

5. Add this key:
   Code:

   CheckFloatConstants="enabled"

Conclusion:
Titan Quest runs great in Wine! Even Immortal Throne expansion from GOG runs great as well. I was able to play cooperative over LAN with multiple Linux computers. The only issues we experienced was a bit of lag.

Gameplay Video:


Screenshots: